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Engagement Of Husbands In A Maternal Nutrition Program Substantially Contributed To Greater Intake Of Micronutrient Supplements And Dietary Diversity During Pregnancy: Results Of A Cluster-Randomized Program Evaluation In Bangladesh, Phuong Hong Nguyen, Edward A. Frongillo Jr., Tina Sanghvi, Gargi Wable, Zeba Mahmud, Lan Mai Tran, Bachera Aktar, Kaosar Afsana, Silvia Alayon, Marie T. Ruel, Purnima Menon
Engagement Of Husbands In A Maternal Nutrition Program Substantially Contributed To Greater Intake Of Micronutrient Supplements And Dietary Diversity During Pregnancy: Results Of A Cluster-Randomized Program Evaluation In Bangladesh, Phuong Hong Nguyen, Edward A. Frongillo Jr., Tina Sanghvi, Gargi Wable, Zeba Mahmud, Lan Mai Tran, Bachera Aktar, Kaosar Afsana, Silvia Alayon, Marie T. Ruel, Purnima Menon
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Background:
Although husbands may provide support during pregnancy, limited evidence exists on how to promote husbands' engagement and what impact it has. Alive & Thrive integrated nutrition-focused interventions, targeting both wives and husbands, through an existing Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health (MNCH) platform in Bangladesh.
Objectives:
We evaluated 1) the impact of a nutrition-focused MNCH program, compared with the standard MNCH program, on husbands' behavioral determinants (i.e., awareness, knowledge, self-efficacy) and support to wives to adopt optimal nutrition practices and 2) how much of the previously documented impact on women's supplement intake and dietary diversity was explained by husbands' behavioral …
Food Insecurity And Hypertension Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment And Control, Alexandra N. Luttrell
Food Insecurity And Hypertension Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment And Control, Alexandra N. Luttrell
Theses and Dissertations
Objective: To examine the association between food insecurity and the prevalence of pre-hypertension and hypertension among U.S. adults. Additionally, this project will examine the association between food insecurity and the awareness, treatment and control (ATC) of hypertension.
Design: A cross-sectional study using data from the National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey (NHANES) 2011-2012 and 2013-2014 waves was deployed to examine the association between food insecurity and the prevalence and ATC of hypertension. Food security was measured by the cumulative number of affirmative responses to the 10-item U.S. Household Food Security Survey Module (HFSSM) questionnaire which were graded into four categories; …